March 26, 2007

MLSlistings Property Detail for MLS number 710942
1286 MICHIGAN AV
San Jose, CA 95002$419,900This Single Family Residence has the following features:
MLS#: 710942 Approx Age: 58 Years Approx Sq Ft: 991
Detached Single Family 1 Story Cottage/Bungalow

Well, so the house looks a little run down… that’s no big deal. Fixer upper… blah blah blah. I never liked grass anyway.

But click inside and then you get this:

Wow. Nothing says perfect starter home for young Bay Area families like this. Or, if you’re getting ready to deploy to Iraq, this would also be a great place to practice house to house searches!

What I’m trying to figure out is how did the current owner arrive at the conclusion that he deserves a $75k profit for owning this nightmare for seven months? It’s not like he put in a sub zero fridge or anything….

Look at the picture: 2 power lines are visible, 2 garbage cans out front, is it made for 2 families? The Bay Area is so special, I think several families should be outbidding each other for the opportunity to get their own Santa Clara Valley ATM. Who needs to work anymore, that is so 20th century!!

Ah, the garbage cans…look closely: the can on the left had a big ol’ “A” it, which means “Unit #A”, which means – two units! Two families! (…recycle cans are always a different color than regular garbage cans 🙂 Cheers!

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The best part is that Yahoo’s site puts it in San Jose, but it’s not actually there – it’s in Alviso, where all of the garbage collects in the slough (or ‘wetland preserves’ if you prefer). And as if the daily infusion of solid waste wasn’t enough, the county dump is at 237 & Zanker. Love that fresh feeling!

Once it hits $300K it might be worth buying; then you immediately demolish the entire lot all the way down to the dirt and build a walled compound on the site. Hire an armed driver to chauffer you back and forth and you’re fitting right in with the third-world nature of Alvisio…

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